The setting sun is blood-red.

The land was littered with corpses.

This battle lasted from noon until sunset. Both sides continuously sent in troops, and people continued to die on the battlefield.

By the time the troops were called back, the yellow sand outside Tianmen Pass had turned completely red.

The fighting method on the ground battlefield is very different from that on the sky battlefield, but it is more cruel and bloody, and the casualties are more severe.

The barbarian army retreated, and the human soldiers began to clean up the battlefield in silence.

Zhou Qing stopped on the battlefield for a moment, looking at the tragic scene in front of him, and could only remain silent.

Finally, he looked back at Tianmen Pass, then walked along the Tiandi Ice Lake and disappeared among the hurried and scattered crowd.

This time the barbarian invasion was repelled.

But for Zhou Qing, his story has just begun.

He chose to head east and kept walking.

I walked across the Tiandi Ice Lake, away from Tianmen Pass, away from the battlefield...

Finally we walked into a small hill.

Then he put his body into the soul-hiding bag, and his soul changed, and suddenly the air was filled with demonic energy.

He turned into the demon race represented by the first secret martial art, namely the Pingtian Bull Demon.

He had basically never changed into this form before, and had not left any clues.

Now that he is showing the posture of Pingtian Bull Demon in the grassland, he is not worried about being associated with Zhou Qing, the human.

Zhou Qing did not choose to transform into a barbarian directly, but would temporarily walk as a demon because he had his own plans.

Of course, there are creatures other than the barbarians living on the grassland, such as monsters, ghosts, and wild beasts. The barbarians just occupy an absolute dominant position and are the largest in number, but other races are not without living space.

Some barbarian tribes even have a symbiotic relationship with a certain demon tribe.

Therefore, it was not surprising that Zhou Qing transformed into a demon.

[Heavenly Favor: Four]

Taking a look at the data displayed on the golden finger, he gained four points of heavenly favor in the battle in broad daylight, which means he killed eight barbarian masters who had achieved minor success in marrow cleansing.

This harvest is not as good as the night before.

The battlefield on the ground was larger in scale and the fighting was more intense, but precisely because of its large scale and long front line, he encountered fewer masters.

Moreover, there were people fighting everywhere around, and it was impenetrable. Zhou Qing had no way to move as flexibly as he did at Tianmen Pass or even in the air. He could not move freely, and his efficiency in finding masters to fight with was greatly reduced.

"We still have to go find the Venerable..."

After carefully recalling the grassland map he got from Shen Yuanning, Zhou Qing continued to move deeper northward.

Not long after, traces of living creatures appeared within Zhou Qing's perception range.

Zhou Qing did not dodge, but went directly in that direction. After getting close enough, the other party also discovered him and began to move towards him rapidly.

From this, it can be seen that the other party is not as good as him at least in terms of sensing ability.

When the other party came within sight, he saw a five-man barbarian team moving towards him.

One is in the late stage of Manifestation of Sainthood, one is in the minor stage of Marrow Cleansing, one is in the initial stage of Marrow Cleansing, and the other two are Bone Refining Warriors.

very good.

"Demon tribe?"

The leader of the barbarian team also saw Zhou Qing and frowned slightly.

"Could it be the demon tribe coming from the human territory?"

"Looking at the aura, it doesn't look like it. It's full of murderous aura, quite fierce and domineering, very much like the demon tribe we have here."

"Interrogate me."

The five-member team made the decision in an instant.

“Stop!”

When the two sides were close to each other, the leader of the barbarian team shouted: "I am Huke, the captain of the Huke team. Where are you from? What is your purpose in approaching the border?"

The two tribes were fighting, and in this large area near the border battlefield, the barbarians had sent many teams to patrol constantly to avoid giving others a chance to take advantage.

The strength of Hu Ke's five men is undoubtedly enough to serve as a patrol team.

The same is true for the human race. The border counties have long been under martial law, and all important roads, passes, and important cities are guarded.

Let alone turning into a demon, even if Zhou Qing turned into a barbarian and met these patrol teams, he would be questioned.

"Captain Hu Ke, I am the master of Moyun Cave in Jilei Mountain. I heard that there is a war going on with the human race at the border, so I came here to join the battle!"

Captain, good citizen!

"Jile Mountain, Moyun Cave? I haven't heard of them. Who among you knows them?"

Hu Ke secretly sent a message to his four teammates to ask.

"Neither have I."

"The grassland is so big, who knows where the Moyun Cave in Jilei Mountain is? I think this bull monster is in the middle stage of the Manifestation Saint realm, but he is the owner of Moyun Cave. I guess Moyun Cave is not a famous place."

"This bull demon is indeed a demon, not a disguised alien. At least I can't see any problem with it."

The masters of the grassland are the barbarians. This refers to the entire human race, not just the power of a single country among the Three Kingdoms!

Therefore, one can imagine how big the grassland is.

Not to mention these five people, even the barbarian high priest, the most knowledgeable person in the grassland, could not know every place in this territory.

When Zhou Qing was in Tianyue County, he went to a mountain called Wangyue Mountain.

But if you tell others about Wangyue Mountain in Hanzhou, who would know?

Zhou Qing made up a name at random, which is basically unverifiable, unless this place really exists in the grassland and is quite famous.

But before Zhou Qing set out, he specifically learned about the intelligence of the barbarians, so there would be no problem in this regard.

"Cave Master Moyun wants to join the war, so my barbarian tribe will welcome it very much."

Hu Ke said: "But in order to ensure that you, the cave master, are not a human in disguise, we still need to go through some verification. I hope you will forgive me."

It can be seen that the barbarians are really cautious. Of course, the human race is not inferior.

"I understand. How do you verify it? Captain Huke, just tell me. I will cooperate!"

Hu Ke took out a wooden sculpture with two heads and eight arms, and its body was covered with barbs.

"The cave master sent a ray of soul power into the wood carving, and the wood carving was able to sense whether the cave master was a human in disguise."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Zhou Qing didn't hesitate and directly sent a wisp of soul power through the air.

Are you kidding? Even the Moon Goddess can’t see the flaws in the changes. How can a little wood sculpture like you see it?

Sure enough, after the strange wooden sculpture absorbed Zhou Qing's soul power, a black shadow of a demon bull suddenly appeared above its head.

Hu Ke nodded secretly, it was indeed a demon tribe.

This item was specially distributed by the barbarians to their patrol teams to deal with such situations.

And this is just one of them. They also carry other treasures. The barbarians have put a lot of effort in preventing infiltration.

But all the treasures they had on them could not reveal anything wrong with Zhou Qing.

This undoubtedly confirmed their identity as a member of the Zhou Qing demon clan.

Well, the detection treasures they carry are definitely not omnipotent.

But such things are just doing their best. Neither the barbarians nor the humans have ever thought about truly preventing infiltration.

"Master Moyun, our clan is very grateful for your efforts."

Captain Hu Ke's expression eased a little. "Don't worry, after you join the battle, our clan will not be stingy with rewards. You will have the opportunity to obtain divine weapons, divine pills, and Taoist techniques."

"After the war is over, it is possible for you to advance to the Yin God Realm with your gains from the war."

Are you trying to make empty promises to me? "Captain Huke said that."

Zhou Qing sighed, "I came to the frontline with the intention of honing myself. After I reached the middle stage of the Manifestation of Sainthood, I found that cultivation was increasingly difficult and my progress was extremely slow."

“Hopefully there will be some gains this time.”

"We will not disappoint the cave master." Hu Ke and the others approached Zhou Qing and said:

"Master, please follow me. I will take you to the front camp."

It is both a guide and a form of surveillance.

With their strength, they are confident that they can defeat Zhou Qing.

"Excuse me, guys."

A situation like Zhou Qing's current one is not uncommon, whether in Hanzhou or on the grassland.

When a war breaks out on the border, there will always be people who will join in for various reasons after hearing the news.

Just as Hu Ke said, participating in the war and helping the barbarians can indeed get rewards from the barbarians.

If you perform extremely well and make considerable contributions, you can exchange your military exploits for a lot of treasures.

For those who are not talented and have almost reached the end of their practice, this is a practical way to change their destiny.

It's just a little dangerous...well, quite dangerous.

Neither humans nor barbarians would refuse such power. Who would object to the growth of their own team?

"Captain Huke, what's the situation at the front now?"

Hu Ke smiled coldly on his rugged face, "Humph, the human race is just putting up a desperate fight. I wonder how much loss they have suffered in the past few days."

"Our clan will surely win this battle. Lord Moyun, your decision to join the battle is definitely the wisest."

Zhou Qing shook his head. "I don't expect anything else, I just hope to make some progress."

"I wonder which tribe Captain Hu Ke and the other fellow Taoists are from?"

"We are all warriors from the Upper Guta."

"It turns out to be a warrior from above."

Zhou Qing could see that these people were still very proud of their origins.

The kings' tribes are supreme, commanding the barbarians and overlooking the entire grassland. The upper and generals' tribes are definitely considered high-level officials with very high status.

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"I came here directly after hearing about the border war. I don't know much about the situation here, and I don't know what I need to pay attention to. I wonder if Captain Huke could tell me about it so that I don't break any rules later."

This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Qing contacted this barbarian team. He wanted to collect some information from the barbarian perspective.

"It's a small matter."

Hu Ke did not refuse. After all, he was a demon who would work for the barbarians, and there were some rules that he should talk to the Lord of Moyun Cave.

Of course, everything he can say can definitely be disclosed to the public and is definitely not confidential.

After a while, when Hu Ke finished speaking, although they were still wary of Zhou Qing, the master of Moyun Cave, they relaxed a little.

"I see. I understand. Captain Huke will help you solve your doubts. I have a gift for you all. I hope you don't mind."

"We are all comrades, there is no need to be polite, and gifts are unnecessary."

"I still have to thank you."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "This thing of mine is very special. I can't really recognize it. I need Captain Huke to appreciate it."

"yes……"

“Swish!”

Hu Ke had just uttered one word when a flying sword suddenly appeared and gave him clarity.

At the same time, the power in the flying sword exploded directly in his body, completely destroying his vitality.

Shocking change!

"Bull demon, what are you doing..."

The barbarian who had achieved a small success in the Marrow Cleansing Stage shouted angrily and immediately retreated, but unfortunately, he was unable to finish his words and immediately followed in Hu Ke's footsteps.

The remaining three were horrified and had no intention of fighting at all, so they ran out.

But unfortunately, one has just entered the Marrow Cleansing Stage, and the other two are in the Bone Refining Stage. No matter how fast they are, they cannot be faster than the flying sword.

The head flew high into the air, and all life was cut off in an instant.

This team of five people from the upper part of Guta were just chatting and laughing, but in the blink of an eye they were all dead here, completely without any ability to resist.

Looking at the corpses of several people, Zhou Qing had an indifferent expression. Their souls had been directly destroyed just now.

Zhou Qing whispered, "If you can meet me again in the next life, I hope you can tell me whether you are satisfied with this gift."

The reminder of getting 0.5 days of favor appeared in front of him again, but Zhou Qing just glanced at it and ignored it.

The strongest of this barbarian team is only in the late stage of Manifestation. In front of Zhou Qing, who is in the middle stage of Manifestation and possesses his own innate divine weapon, they are really nothing.

The upper part of the barbarian tribe is indeed not weak, but compared with Xuandu Temple, it is far inferior.

There may be a peerless genius among them.

But I guess no peerless genius would come to do something like patrolling.

For these people, there is no other possibility except to kill Zhou Qing instantly.

It's not that they were not careful, they were always on guard in their hearts, but what's the use in the face of an absolute gap in strength? The moment they chose to contact Zhou Qing, the result was already doomed.

But they couldn't ignore Zhou Qing's request, ignore him, and let him continue to wander alone on the grassland.

If someone wants to help you fight the human race, you can't refuse. The same is true for the human race, unless they can directly see that there is something wrong with you.

Looking at the corpses of several people, Zhou Qing gave them another "baptism" with the Taoist magic of the demon clan.

In this way, when other barbarians come to investigate the situation, they will not find any traces other than the demon tribe.

Besides, it is a fact that this team died at the hands of a bull monster.

After searching the five people's treasures and discarding everything that might have a role in positioning and tracking, Zhou Qing left another rare item here and then left directly.

I believe that the barbarian front-line camp has already learned that the message has been received.

Sure enough, not long after Zhou Qing left, a streak of light was seen passing by, and then a barbarian elder landed here.

Looking at the four corpses on the ground and the traces of their souls scattered, the Barbarian Lord had a gloomy expression.

"Demon tribe?"

In the distance, Zhou Qing was holding a stone mirror that was smooth and clear enough to be used as a mirror. There was a picture on the mirror, which was the image of the barbarian leader.

This is a strange object that has a similar function as a surveillance camera, and it is extremely good at camouflage and concealment, blending in with the world.

Look, the barbarian elder didn't notice anything he left at the scene.

"The death of a barbarian patrol team will attract a venerable to investigate..."

Zhou Qing talked to himself, and gradually he came up with an idea in his mind. He roughly knew what to do.

It was a long time after the barbarian elder left the scene that Zhou Qing returned there, put away the strange object, and sensed the remaining information of the elder.

"Looking at this aura, it feels like his realm is at most similar to Zhang Xinkong who has reached the first level of True Blood Refining."

It’s hard to say about his strength. After all, he is from a barbarian tribe, and his inheritance is definitely better than Zhang Xinkong’s.

This was an attempt and exploration for him. He wanted to see how the barbarians would react if they died on the grassland, so that he could formulate subsequent plans.

Doing this as a demon was naturally to confuse the public and make it easier for him to continue his actions on the grassland.

Even if the barbarians become wary of this incident and are especially wary of the demons...

But what does that have to do with Zhou Qing, the barbarian? "First, finish the things related to the method of counter-sacrifice, and then plan for the heavenly favor."

Zhou Qing walked away from here.

No matter what he wanted to do, the method of reverse sacrifice could not be delayed. Only after completing this matter would he have enough freedom and room to do other things.

Even if we are exposed, the worst that can happen is that we can just leave the grassland. Anyway, we have already done what we should do.

But if the task of the anti-sacrifice method is not completed, and he creates a huge commotion, adding difficulties to the subsequent mission and ultimately causing the mission to fail, then it would be a real sin.

"Of the five elements and five places, the one closest to me is... Xiaoqing Lake."

Zhou Qing walked towards the mission location in the information provided to him by Shen Yuanning.

For this task, he needed to place five objects representing the five elements in five places on the grassland.

You can't just put it anywhere. The task jade slip gives designated locations, and you need to go to those five places. The jade slip also comes with a map of the grassland border.

Zhou Qing didn't know how the human race locked these five locations. He just needed to go to those five places respectively.

If other human geniuses were to do this task, it would be very dangerous, because there are barbarian patrol teams everywhere. They could get away with it once or twice, but once it happens too many times, the risk would be very high.

But Zhou Qinglai did this...

That's quite easy, there's no way my identity will be exposed.

This task is done by other people and is in difficult mode.

Zhou Qing is in simple mode.

This matter is only suitable to be done by the geniuses with extraordinary strength among the major forces.

Their realm is not yet that of a Venerable, so they will not be noticeable when entering the grassland after hiding their changes. If they encounter an accident, they have enough strength to escape.

As for others, they are too weak and do not have sufficient risk resistance.

It's not good to be too strong either, as it will attract attention and make the task more difficult.

If the barbarian patrol team encounters a saint in the marrow cleansing realm on the way, they will have completely different attitudes and ways of dealing with things than if they encounter a venerable one.

On the way to the mission location, Xiaoqing Lake, Zhou Qing encountered a barbarian patrol team again.

This team is stronger than Hu Ke's team. It has four practitioners in the Holy Marrow Cleansing Realm, and only one is a Bone Refining Warrior.

"Station Master, who are you?"

Hearing this question, Zhou Qing smiled brightly.

"I am Jileishan, the master of Moyun Cave, and I have come to the front line to join the battle!"

The same reason, the same process, and ultimately the same result.

Not long after, this team of five fell dead on the grassland again.

After Zhou Qing dealt with the battlefield, he left directly. Soon a venerable came here. He was the one Zhou Qing had spied on before.

When he saw the scene, his face turned pale.

It's another demon, and it seems to be the same one! The Bull Demon!

(End of this chapter)